"Who's your friend?" Blackie strolled over to nudge Shota.

"She's different," Red Wind commented as she neatly chopped off another mouthful of grass with her big white teeth. "I didn't know humans came in different colors like we do. I thought you were all Bays."

"She's the first human I've ever seen who looks like that," Shota admitted. He squirmed. "She isn't entirely human."

"What do you mean " Red Wind began, as Blackie said, "Is she a bird, ...